海

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Pronunciation : hǎi

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Meaning :
  1. sea or ocean. (n)
  2. lake. (n)
  3. a great number of people or things coming together. (n)
  4. extra large. (adj)
Radical : 氵
Strokes : 10
Traditional : 海
Usage : 45.4%
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
海洋
hǎi yáng

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 : ocean
2.
海岸
hǎi àn

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 : coast; seashore
3.
海水
hǎi shuǐ

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 : seawater; brine
4.
海鲜
hǎi xiān

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 : seafood
5.
海边
hǎi biān

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 : the seaside
6.
海滩
hǎi tān

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 : seabeach; beach
7.
海军
hǎi jūn

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 : the navy
8.
大海
dà hǎi

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 : sea and ocean
9.
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi

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 : a sea of people
Sentences:
1. The ship made slow progress through the sea.
chuán zhī zài dà hǎi zhōng huǎn màn qián jìn 。
船 只 在 大 海 中 缓 慢 前 进 。

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船只 : shipping; vessels
在 : at
大海 : sea, ocean
中 : in the middle
缓慢 : slow, slowly
前进 : progress
2. The sea is now calm.
hǎi làng jìng xià lái le 。
海 浪 静 下 来 了 。

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海浪 : An ocean or sea wave.
静 : quiet, calm
下来 : used after a verb, expressing completion or finality of an action
了 : (particle) used after an action that has taken place
3. People say that several hundred years ago this was all ocean.
chuán shuō jǐ bǎi nián qián ， zhè lǐ shì yí piàn hǎi 。
传 说 几 百 年 前 ， 这 里 是 一 片 海 。

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传说 : legend; it is said; they say
几 : several
百 : hundred
年 : year
前 : before
这里 : here
是 : is
一 : one
片 : measure word
海 : sea
4. The sports ground is crowded with people.
yùn dòng chǎng shàng rén shān rén hǎi 。
运 动 场 上 人 山 人 海 。

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运动 : sports
场 : ground, field
上 : on
人山人海 : a sea of people
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March 8th, 2010 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , , ,

Comments (3)

larryApril 4th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

In sentence 1, shipping vessel pinyin should be Chuan2 instead of Huan. I am very sure, it is typo. For independent learners, your web site is a great place to improve learning Chinese. Keep up good work.

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Min Min Reply:
April 5th, 2010 at 12:43 am

Hi larry,
Thanks for pointing out the error. I have corrected it.

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